Last year during the long winter months, I was daydreaming about how it would be cool to have an ant farm. The ants would prosper and get big enough that I could install a tube that would let them outside. They would bring things inside, and I would get to see all of their activities.
Later on, I was thinking about Honeybees and the tough time that they have been having lately. I wished that I could somehow do my part and thought about getting a backyard beehive and then – the two ideas clicked together.
Instead of an ant farm, I will have a BEE FARM! IN THE HOUSE! This will be so cool and I will get to see the inside of their hive and watch larva develop into adults and learn. I was so excited about this idea.
So I went for it. I Started putting pipes together and making things. I ordered a nuk of bees – about three pounds of worker bees and a freshly mated queen. Apiaries sell nuks once a year in the spring.
I learned so much about bees from doing this. I went from having a vague knowledge of honeybees, to looking up articles about honeybees pretty much every day for about the first month after I got them.
The bees made honeycomb and filled it with honey at an alarming rate. “Be prepared to install an expansion” is one thing I have to say. This is one of the coolest things that I have ever done and has made me feel very excited.
Getting to see the up close and personal happenings of bees in my room was an experience like no other. Below is a short video I made on Youtube
Here is a list of the supplies I used to build the beehive:
Also, check out pre-made Observation Beehives
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